Wyandot Definition

wīəndät
wyandots, wyandotte, wyandottes
noun
A member of a Native American people formed of groups displaced by the destruction of the Huron confederacy in the mid-1600s, formerly located in Ohio and the upper Midwest and now living primarily in northeast Oklahoma.
American Heritage
The Iroquoian language of the Wyandot.
American Heritage
adjective
A member of a North American Indian group formed in the 17th cent. from Huron-speaking peoples of W Ontario: living first in Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario, and now living in Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
The Iroquoian language of this people.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Wyandot

Noun

Singular:
Wyandot
Plural:
wyandots

Origin of Wyandot

  • Wyandot wãdát ethnic self-designation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wyandot Sentence Examples

  • Here in 1818 was rebuilt the "Walk-in-theWater," the first steamboat upon the Great Lakes, named in honour of a famous Wyandot Indian chief.

  • A provisional Territorial government formed by Wyandot Indians and licensed white residents on Indian lands in Kansas (q.v.) forced Congress to take action.

  • With Oliver Wolcott and Richard Butler he negotiated a treaty with the Six Nations, signed at Fort Stanwix on the 22nd of October 1784, and with George Clark and Richard Butler a treaty with the Wyandot, Delaware, Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, signed at Ft.

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Words Starting With

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